eDirectory and Scalix

[JAFO73]

Hello

I'm looking for information on integrating scalix with Novell eDirectory.

Specifically I would like help in:

1) Configuring omldapsync to syncronize the directories between scalix and eDirectory

2) Extending the current LDAP schema to add the attributes and objects necessary to
manage scalix user accounts.

3) Any other information that would be helpful on integrating Scalix with Novell directory
services

Thanks in advance for the help!

Chris

[ScalixSupport]

Hi Chris,

Have you looked at

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man omldapsync

?

Don't be too worried that it only talks about Active Directory and OpenLDAP the same information applies to all LDAP compliant directories. You will need to setup some of the LDAP attribute mapping that the man page talks about manually.

Regards,
Don

[JAFO73]

Thanks for the Reply Don,

I have read the man and gone through the steps for custom directory setup, but am having trouble getting it to work. I'm looking for some more specific information on integrating with eDirectory. Specifically what step I need to take to manually create the attributes. I'm a newbie when it comes to LDAP so a lot of this is probably my inexperience. I know that it is working on my network as I'm able to connect to my LDAP server and search the directory with a third party ldap browser. I just don't entirely understand what I need to do in scalix to manage users through an external directory service and was hoping someone could provide me with some further assistance.

Chris

[florian]

Well, we have done this a number of times through professional services engagements, but no formal doc or support is available today.

You'll need to create a few attributes manually; this is done in Console One or iManager. The attributes can be seen in /var/opt/scalix/sys/ldapsync13.schema.

next, you need to setup omldapsync. using the OpenLDAP sample configuration (template 13) is a good start, they are very similar.

You will need to replace all occurences of the entryUUID attribute in the configuration with the GUID attribute - that's what's used in eDirectory to uniquely identify an entry. This is also a binary attribute, so it will have to be listed in the LDAPCT_BIN_ATT= parameter in your sync configuration.

I'm afraid, to troubleshoot and fine-tune all this, some LDAP knowledge will be required as there are also a number of dependencies to your local environment.

You might want to ask your LDAP expert of choice. In worst case, please contact Scalix Professional services through our sales department and we can offer some remote or onsite help for you.

Cheers,
Florian.